Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Monhysterida > Suborder Monhysterina > Superfamily Sphaerolaimoidea > Family Sphaerolaimidae > Subfamily Parasphaerolaiminae > Genus Parasphaerolaimus

Parasphaerolaimus paradoxus Ditlevsen, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parasphaerolaimus*	Ditlevsen, 1918	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sphaerolaimus paradoxus*	Ditlevsen, 1918	synonym

Literature

original description	Ditlevsen, H. (1919). Marine freeliving nematodes from Danish waters. Vidensk. Meddr. dansk naturh. Foren. 70(7): 147-214.
basis of record	Wieser, W. (1956). Free-living marine nematodes III. Axonolaimoidea and Monhysteroidea. Acta Univ Lund N. F. Avd. 2. Bd 52. Nr 13: 1-115.
basis of record	De Smet, G.; Vincx, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Vanhove, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Steyaert, M. (2001). Nematoda - free living. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. 161-174.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1957). On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other arctic regions with reviews and analyses of the compositions of all hitherto known arctic nematode faunas. Meddr. Gronland. 159 (3): 1- 42.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1954). Freeliving marine Nematodes from East Greenland and Jan Mayen. The Swedish Greenland-Expedition 1899. Meddelelser om Gronland. 107 (6): 1-44.
additional source	Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000)
additional source	Jensen, P. (1983). Meiofaunal abundance and vertical zonation in a sublittoral soft bottom, with a test of the Haps corer. Marine Biology. 74: 319-326.
identification resource	Jensen, P. (1992). Predatory nematodes from the deep-sea: description of species from the Norwegian Sea, diversity of feeding types and geographical distribution. Cah. Biol. Mar. 33: 1-23.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Parasphaerolaimus paradoxus Ditlevsen, 1918. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:121481